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Paul Ryan blasts liberal media bias, cont.

Paul Ryan on Sunday doubled down on his attack on the press, telling donors at a closed-door fundraiser that “we’re not expecting the media to tell our story — they’re not.”

“We can’t expect the president to play fair — he’s not,” Ryan told donors at a fundraiser in West Hartford, Conn., in a video on the Rocky Hill Republican Party Facebook page. “And we’re not expecting the media to tell our story — they’re not. That means we have to do it ourselves. And that means we have to rely on the generosity of our fellow citizens who want to get this country back on the right track.”

The Republican vice presidential nominee also appeared on Fox News Sunday and said it “goes without saying that there is definitely media bias.”

“I think most people in the mainstream media are left of center and, therefore, they want a very left-of-center president versus a conservative president like Mitt Romney,” Ryan said in an interview that was filed on Saturday.

Ryan’s spokesperson Brendan Buck later emailed POLITICO about the Sunday show appearance, writing that Ryan “did not blame the media. He was asked a question about media bias and answered it. And his answer made clear it's not something he worries about.”